The Vegetable Plot – February
There’s no place like loam If your soil is sandy loam, you will be spared...
There’s no place like loam If your soil is sandy loam, you will be spared...
The answer lies in the soil It’s very unlikely you will be mowing the lawn...
Q. I’ve been told that as grass grows it makes the soil more acidic which...
Dig that! An old gardener (he was in his nineties) interviewed in a well-known TV...
‘…you have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?’ ~William...
Q. Can I make my own top dressing? A. You can by mixing three parts...
Q. We have cracks appearing in the soil surface of our newly seeded lawn, what...
What’s on the plot? For those of us in milder areas and with sandy loam...
Top dressing is not just a fashion So you have your mower set at winter...
Q. I have prepared an area for seeding a new lawn, should I apply a...
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – William Shakespeare We British complain. It’s...
‘I walked across the two feet of drive to the lawn and stepped slowly onto...
“My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle...
‘If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the biggest withdrawals.’ Dan Barber Working lots...
“There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your...
Hoe, hoe, hoe, not long ‘till Christmas Certainly now is the time to use the...
Sow to your heart’s content This month you can sow a dazzling variety of vegetables...
Don’t forget to make the bed The likelihood of late frosts that break down soil...
Oh, to be in England, now that April’s there. Elizabeth Barrett Browning It’s certainly the...
Q. I’ve been told that as grass grows it makes the soil more acid which...